Persistence in and timely disengagement from personal goals are core components of
successful self-regulation and therefore relevant to well-being and performance. In the …

Conscientiousness is a personality construct that is a core determinant of health, positive
aging, and human capital. A large body of work has contributed to our understanding of this …

Winner of the 2017 APA William James Book Award The concept of passion is one we
regularly use to describe our interests, and yet there is no broad theory that can explain the …

Entrepreneurial passion has been proposed as a central characteristic of entrepreneurs,
theorized to influence a host of entrepreneurial behaviors as well as firm performance. The …

Interest in meaning and meaning making in the context of stressful life events continues to
grow, but research is hampered by conceptual and methodological limitations. Drawing on …

Academics have shown a growing interest in the effects of resource scarcity—a discrepancy
between one's current resource levels and a higher, more desirable reference point …

Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI)! 30 related to excess fat storage. Class I
obesity is defined as a BMI 30–34.9, class II obesity as a BMI 35.0–39.9, and class III obesity …

This article had four goals. First, the authors identified a set of general challenges and
questions that a life-span theory of development should address. Second, they presented a …

The aetiology of suicide is complex, encompassing a multifaceted array of risk and
protective factors. Although a comprehensive understanding of suicidality requires an …

Holding a strong goal intention (“I intend to reach Z!”) does not guarantee goal achievement,
because people may fail to deal effectively with self‐regulatory problems during goal …